In a major policy change, the Health and Welfare Ministry plans to support water fluorination to help prevent tooth decay nationwide, ministry officials said.
The ministry will give local governments technical support for adding fluorine to public water supplies and for setting and maintaining its standard concentration of 0.8 ppm or less, they said.
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